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[[File:Robin.jpeg|thumb|450px|right|''[[Don Iolio Contrario]]'', (detail) [[Birgit von Sachsen-Rampton]], 1734.]]
[[File:StruwwelRabbit.jpg|400px|thumb|This is the man that shoots the hares; <br>This is the coat he always wears: <br>With game-bag, powder-horn, and gun <br>He's going out to have some fun.<br>          —[[Struwwelpeter]] (where else?)]]<center><big><big><big><big><big><big>'''{{Helvetica|The Jolly Contrarian}}'''</big></big></big></big></big></big></center>
<center><big><big><big><big><big><big>'''{{Helvetica|The Jolly Contrarian}}'''</big></big></big></big></big></big></center>
<center><Big>''“An [[Legal opinion|opinion]] is just an onion with a pi in it.”''</big></center>
<center><Big>''“An [[Legal opinion|opinion]] is just an onion with a pi in it.”''</big></center>
A stroll through the brambles of [[law]], [[crap jobs|management]], [[philosophy]], [[language]], [[technology]], [[cricket]] and [[high finance]]. Like a good alluvial fan, everything is silting up nicely and there are now {{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} articles in this wiki.  
A stroll through the brambles of [[law]], [[crap jobs|management]], [[philosophy]], [[language]], [[technology]], [[cricket]] and [[high finance]]. Like a good alluvial fan, everything is silting up nicely and there are now {{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} articles in this wiki.  


==={{Helvetica|What’s in here}}===
==={{Helvetica|What’s in here}}===
'''[[Anatomy|Anatomies]]''': Clause-by-clause [[Anatomy]] and [[nutshell]] guides (hit the bar on the left) to {{isdama}} and other [[master trading agreement]]s. These may be incomplete, out of date, out of touch, flippant — well, they ''are'' flippant —  but will still be better value and more entertaining than that awful FT book about derivatives; <br>
'''[[Anatomy|Anatomies]]''': Clause-by-clause [[Anatomy]] and [[nutshell]] guides (hit the bar on the left) to [[ISDA Master Agreement|ISDA]] and other [[master trading agreement]]s. These may be incomplete, out of date, out of touch, flippant — well, they ''are'' flippant —  but will still be better value and more entertaining than that awful FT book about derivatives; <br>
'''[[:category:book review|Book reviews]]''' culled from twenty indolent years sounding off on Amazon; <br>
'''[[:category:book review|Book reviews]]''' culled from twenty indolent years sounding off on Amazon; <br>
'''Much flippancy''' about [[plain English]], [[buzzword]]s, [[flannel]], [[Latin]], [[Greeks|Greek]], [[metaphor]] and [[:category:Egg|egg]]s. <br>
'''Much flippancy''' about [[plain English]], [[buzzword]]s, [[flannel]], [[Latin]], [[Greeks|Greek]], [[metaphor]] and [[:category:Egg|egg]]s. <br>
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==={{Helvetica|What’s new}}===
==={{Helvetica|What’s new}}===
'''Lost libretto found''': A pristine manuscript for ''[[La Vittoria della Forma sulla Sostanza]]'', [[Otto Büchstein]]’s long-lost opera (known in English as ''[[The Victory of Form over Substance]]'', has been discovered in an attic in Genoa! <br>
'''[[Confi Anatomy]]''': It may be the most pointless contract you'll ever negotiate, but doesn’t mean it can’t get tasty. Having an [[NDA]] smackdown? We've [[Confi Anatomy|got you covered]].<br>
'''New {{anatomy}} guides''': [[Pledge GMSLA Anatomy‎|Pledge GMSLA]]  |  [[Negotiation anatomy|Negotiation]]  |  [[Conference call anatomy|Conference calls]] <br>
'''New {{anatomy}} guides''': [[Pledge GMSLA Anatomy‎|Pledge GMSLA]]  |  [[Negotiation anatomy|Negotiation]]  |  [[Conference call anatomy|Conference calls]] <br>
'''[[And, as the case may be, or]]''': Is that a ''[[slash]]'' I see before me?  
'''[[And, as the case may be, or]]''': Is that a ''[[slash]]'' I see before me?  

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